Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Elham Jamshidi Boroujerdi ¹
• Vahid Khashei ²
• Mahdi Ebrahimi ²
• Hossein Rahmanseresht ²

¹ Business management, policy making attitude, management and accounting faculty, Allame Tabatabaii university

² Business Administration, Management and Accounting Faculty, Allameh Tabatabai'e University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Considering the importance of strategic control of organizations in a participative way, the purpose of this research is to derive a sense-making model in strategic control. Based on the literature, the research data is collected through a three-phase process of sense-making in strategic control with the importance of people participation, i.e. participatory scanning, interpretation, and action. In terms of methodology, at first, themes related to the processes were collected and categorized by conducting a case study in MAPNA Holding, and then the opinions of specialists have been applied in the extracted model. In this study, the necessary factors for creating a suitable environment in participative scanning, interpretation, and action were identified. In addition, the information that should be co-scanned, the materials to be interpreted, and the participative actions in sense-making for strategic control were determined. Previous research in relation to strategic control has been done with the view of formulating the strategy at the top levels of the organization and then its implementation and control by the lower levels of the organization. The current research seeks to contribute a comprehensive model to show how all organizational members participate (whether directly or indirectly) in the strategic control of the organization.

Keywords

• Sense-making
• Strategic control
• Participative information monitoring
• Participative information interpretation
• Participative management

Main Subjects

• Management